Apparatus for assembling articles



Jan. 14, 1930. A. s. LISS 1,743,364

I APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING ARTICLES Filed Oct. 9. 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet 1M m1 I 50 /5 1 i} /M69 H 1 69 I 7a W 68 I Q? I Auyus/ 5 1/33 l my Jan.14, 1930. A. s. LISS 1,743,364

APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING ARTICLES Filed Oct- 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet 24070576135 W My Jan. 14, 1930. A. s. uss

APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING ARTICLES I Wm? 4 mw WM 4 W Patented Jan. 14,1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AUGUST STANLEY LISS, OF CHICAGO,ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO WESTERN ELECTRIC COM- IPANY, INCORPORATED, OF NEWYORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING ARTICLESApplication filed October 9, 1926. Serial No. 140,543.

This invention relates to apparatus for assembling articles, and moreparticularly to an apparatus for attaching tips or terminals to strandsor electrical conductors.

It is the practice in various electrical apparatus, such as telephoneequipment, to provide flexible conductor cords comprising a plurality ofseparate cores made of strands of an electrical conductor and insulatingmaterial, such as braided textile material, surrounding the conductors,the Whole being enclosed in a textile braided sheath. The individualinsulated cores generally extend for a predetermined distance from oneend of the sheath and may be different lengths or of the same length andare usually provided with metallic tips which act as electricalterminals for the conductors. The tips are sometimes soldered upon theends of the conductors after a part of the insulation has been removed,but in some instances a so-called solderless tip is employed whichcomprises a unitary metallic member which is designed to be firmlypressed around a conductor end to effect a contact with the core throughprongs integral therewith, which pierce the insulation. In actual use intelephone equipment experience has proven that the tips upon theconductor ends, whether the latter are of unequal or equal length, mustbear a predetermined spaced relation to each other, that is, in the caseof the former with respect to the longitudinal distance between them, orbe secured the same distance from the ends of the conductors in the caseof the latter.

It is, therefore, the object of this invention to provide an improvedapparatus for attaching cord tips or terminals to strands or electricalconductors rapidly, accurately and securely while they are maintained ina predeterminedspaced relation with respect to each other.

In accordance with the general features of this invention as applied toan apparatus for attaching tips to the projecting conductor ends oftelephone cords there is pro Ided in combination with a punch press of ausual type a pair of dies carried upon a reciprocal platen and fixedbed, respectively, of the press. Resiliently mounted means secured tonormal position;

associated therewith first engage the conductor ends at opposite ends ofthe tip shanks, which draw the conductors taut whereby the insulation ofthe conductors is pierced by a plurality of upwardly projecting prongsformed upon the tips which are thus electriering of the platen.Yieldably mounted pads I cally connected with the cores of -theconductors. F urther descent of the platen forms the tips into acylinder around the conductors, I

the excess conductor lengths projecting from the tip shanks beingsubsequently severed, and during the return of the apparatus to itsnormal position the severed excess conductor ends are automaticallyfreed from the resilient retaining means. Gauging means carried by theapparatus facilitates the correct positioning by the operator of theconductor ends and the tips preparatory to their assembly.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will more fully appearfrom the following detailed description taken in connection withthe'accompanying drawings illustrating one embodiment thereof, in whichFig. 1 is a fragmentary vertical section through a movable platen and abed of a punch press, showing an assembling apparatus embodying thefeatures of this invention operatively attached thereto, the pressandthe apparatus being shown in its normal position;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan section on the line 22 of Fig. 1 showing oneof the resiliently mounted means for holding the flexible conductors;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary section on theline 3-3 of F ig. 1through the cooperating dies, the parts being shown in an operatedposition;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view on a reduced scale of that portion ofthe apparatus carried upon the bed ,of the press while in its Fig. 5 isan inverted view upon a reduced scale relative to Fig. 1 of the die andassociated pads and knife carried by the platen of the press;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section on the line 6-6 ofFig. at showing the position of the cooperating dies upon the completionof an assembling operation;

Fig. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section on the line 77 ofFig. 4 showing the means for automatically ejecting the severed excessconductor ends, upon completion of the attaching operation from theretaining means, the slide being shown in an operated position;

Fig. 8 is an enlarged plan view of a partially formed conductor tipbefore the attaching thereof to a conductor end, and

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary elevation of one end of a telephone cord showingthe projecting conductor ends thereof with tips attached by theapparatus of this invention.

As illustrated in the drawings the assembling apparatus embodying thefeatures of this invention is operatively connected to a punch presswhich may be of any usual type. Since it is not essential to a completeunderstanding of the invention the punch press has not been illustrated,except those parts directly concerned with this invention, which consistof the following: A vertical reciprocal platen and a stationary bed 15and 16, respectively, (Figs. 1 and 6) and a vertical reciprocal trip rod17 (Fig. Fixed to the upper face of the press bed 16 as indicated at 18is a bolster plate 19 provided with a horizontally extending slideway 20upon which is mounted a carriage or slide 21 supporting a suitablyshaped multi-die 22 the slideway being centered with respect to theplaten 15 and adapted to permit the slide to be moved from its normalposition as shown in Fig. 4 to an operative position under the platen.In the forward movement of the slide 21 to its normal position a pin 21attached thereto engages the end face of a slot 25 provided in thebolster plate 19, while its movement to its operative position-islimited by the rear face thereof engaging a stop plate 26 secured to theupper face of the bolster plate 19 (Figs. 4 and 7). The head of the pin24 acts as a bumper for the lower face of a supporting block 27 upon thedownward movement of the platen 15, the supporting block carrying theconductor holding device, the forming die and conductor severing devicesto be hereinafter described. Gib plates 29 secured to'the bolster plate19 at each side of the slideway 20 and overlapping a shouldered surfaceof the slide 21 serve to guide and secure the slide upon the bolsterplate. A double ended handle bar 30 (Fig. 4) attached to the forward endof the slide provides means whereby an operator may use both hands tomove it to and from the press platen. Attached to the upper face of theslide 21 adjacent its rear face is a pair of upwardly projectingaligning pins 31 (Figs. 4 and 6), which enter openings 32 provided inthe supporting block 27, one of the openings being shown in dottedoutline (Fig. 6). The pins 31 in a manner well known in punch and diemechanism insure the correct aligning of the forming and severingdevices with the multi-die 22 upon descent of the platen 15.

Secured. to the upper face'of the slide 21 upon its left side (Figs. 1and 4) is a gauge plate 33 equipped with a plurality of upwardlyextending pins 36 (Fig. 4) one of the pins being shown in verticalelevation in Fig. 1. The pins 36, as is clearly evident from Fig. 4, arestaggered in their location upon the plate 33, the purpose of which willnow be described. Referring to Fig. 9 which shows one end of a completedtelephone cord 37, it will be noted that the two conductor ends thereofare of different length and provided at their extremities with metaltips 38. In the completed telephone cord it is desirable that the tips38 bear a predetermined spaced relation to each other within fairlyclose limits, that is, with respect to the longitudinal distance betweenthem. The purpose of the gauge plate and pins 33 and 36, respectively,is to insure and facilitate the correct positioning of the tips upon theconductor ends.

The operator in positioning the telephone cord 37 upon the plate 33preparatory to the attaching of the tips 38, places the body of the cordupon the rear side of the left pin 36 and positions the longestconductor end between the two extreme right pins 36, drawing the body ofthe cord close up to the pins, thereafter looping it around theintermediate pin 36, the shorter conductor end engaging tl)ie rear sideof the extreme right pin 36 (Fig. 4 lustrated in dotted outline in Fig.4. The opposite end (not shown) of the cord is gen erally provided withtwo conductor ends of equal length and in attaching the tips 38 theretothe right end of the body of the cord is drawn up close to the left pin36, the two conductor ends passing upon each side thereof, the otherthree pins 36 not serving any purpose in this particular operation. Thegauge plate 33 at its left end is notched as indicated at 39 for thepurpose of retaining the cord upon the plate 33, the notch beingcentered With respect to the left pin 36 and the multi-die 22.

Fixed in depressions formed in the upper face of the slide 21 is a pairof supporting locks 40, the die 22 being positioned therebetween in adepression disposed upon a higher plane (Fig. 1). Pivoted to each of theblocks 40, as indicated at 43, and centered with respect to a pair ofpockets formed in the die 22 as clearly shown in Fig. 4 are two pairs ofvertically extending pins 44, the upper end of the pins projecting abovethe up- This position of the cord is clearly ilper face bf the blocks 40which lie flush with the upper face of the slide 21 (Fig. 1) The pins 44are pivoted adjacent their lower ends and are free to turn about theirpivots 43 for a suitable distance in either direction and parallel tothe movement of the slide 21, they being mounted in openingssufliciently large to permit this movement. The pins 44' comprising eachpair are normally urged at a point adjacent their upper ends toward eachother b a flat U-shaped spring 45, the free arms of which are providedat their extreme ends and upon opposed sides with are shaped portions 46which fit the periphery of the pins 44 (Fig. 2). The springs are.vertically supported in operative relation with their respective pair ofpins 44 by being mounted in a slot 47 milled in from one side of each ofthe blocks 40. It will be apparent, due to the action of the springs.45, that the pins 44 comprising each pair will be normally rocked abouttheir pivots 43 in opposite directions, and thus the upper end of eachpair of pins 44, which are ball shaped, will be normally positionedrelatively close together and thereby serve as resilient clips forretaining the conductor ends in a predetermined relation with thepartially formed tips 38 positioned in the die 22. This operation willagain be referred to in a general description of operation to follow.

Upon the tips 38 being attached to the conductor ends the excessconductor lengths projecting from the end of the tips are severed aswill be described more fully hereinafter and are left clipped betweenthe right two pair of pins36 (Fig. 4). The severed excess lengths ofconductors are automatically ejected from the retaining pins 36 uponretraction of the slide 21 from itsoperative position to its normalosition by the following mechanism: Reciprocally mounted for verticalmovement in the right block 40 (Fig. 4) upon each side of the twoassociated pairs of pins 36 and centered with respect to a line passingbetween the pins comprising each pair are ejector pins 50. The upper endface of the pins 50 are normally positioned flush with the upper faceofthe block 40-as shown in dotted outline in Fig. 7 .wherein the slide21 has been moved to its operative position upon the bolster plate 19.The lower ends of the ejector pins 50 are attached to a block 51resiliently mounted in a depression formed in the slide 21 below theblock 40.

A compression spring 52 adjacent each end cams 55 ada ted to engage acam block 56 fixed to the olster plate 19 within the slot 53. The camblock is provided with a pair of cam faces 57, the spacing therebetweenbeing the same as the spacing between the cams 55. By providing the pairof springs 52 and a cam 55 adjacent each end of the block 51 and a pairof cam faces 57 correspondingly spaced it will be apparent as the slide21 is moved toward the left (Fig. 7) that the block 51 with the ejectorpins 50 will be moved upwardly without any binding thereof upon thewalls of the depression within which it is mounted. As the pins 50 moveupwardly they will engage the severed excess lengths of conductors andeject them from between the two pairs of pins 36 pivotally carried inthe right block 40. Upon a movement of the slide 21 to its operativeposition the cams 55, due to their rounded upper left corners, arepermitted to rock clockwise upon their lower ends engaging the cam block56. Reciprocally mounted in the slide 21 between opposed vertical wallsof the left hand block 40 and the die 22 (Figs. 1 and 4) is a yieldablepad 60 which normally proj ects above the upper face of the block 40 andserves as a gauge for the operator when placing the partially formedtips 38 in the die 22. A compression spring 61 mounted in a pocketformed in the slide 21 and bearing upwardly against a foot provided uponthe pad 60 serves to hold it in its normal position, the foot engaging alower face upon the block 40 acts as a stop to limit its upwardmovement.

The supporting block 27 carried by the platen 15 comprises a pluralityof plates 62, 63 and 64 united by a plurality of screws 65, two of whichare indicated in dotted outline (Fig. 5), the whole being attached tothe platen 15 by the clamping of a shank 68 formed upon the upper faceof the plate 62 to the platen by a plurality of bolts 69 (Fig. 1).Mounted in pairs upon the block 27 are resiliently mounted conductorholding pads 7 O, a pair for each conductor end to be tipped, in thepresent instance two (Figs. 1 and 5). As viewed in Fig. 1 the left pad70 of each pair is disposed in vertical alignment with the gauge pad 60carried by the slide 21 at the left end of the partially formed tip 38,while the right pad 70 is arranged above the bifurcated arms of theright end of the tip 38. As clearly shown in Fig. 8 the tips 38 areprovided with a pair of upwardly projecting prongs 71 which in theirassembled relation with the conductor ends as shown in Fig. 3 havepierced the insulation 72 and engaged the metal core 73 thereof. Thepads 7 0, in the descent of the platen 15 first engage the conductorends as described above, and cause the engagement of the prongs 71 withthe core 73 and hold the conductors firmly during the subsequentoperations. Reciproshank 68of the plate 62 and the upper face of theblock 76, normally retains the block in the position shown in Fig. 1 andthereby through the pins 77 forces the pads downward against shouldersformed in the plate 64. Disposed between each pair of pads 70 is a tipforming punch or die 83 and a conductor shearing knife 84 which areclamped to the plate 64 by screws 85, one of which is indicated in Figs.1 and 6, threaded into the plate 64. Y A reduced inner end of the screws'85 extends through a slot 86 formed in the right pad 70 (Fig. 1) topermit its movement in the operation of the apparatus. It is to beunderstood that the slot provided in the plate 64 within which the pads70, die 83 and knife 84 are positioned is so shaped that the die 83 andknife 84 may be clamped against the left wall thereof (Fig. 1), the diestraddling the 'leftpad ,70 and engaging the left wall of the slot andstill permit the movement of the pads 70. The knives 84 are eachindependently adjustable upon the block 27 to compensate for wear by amechanism now to be described,.which is similar with respect to eachknife. Carried in a tapered slot 87 provided in the plate 62 is a wedge90, the lower face of which engages the upper face of the knife 84 (Fig.1). The right outer end of the wedge 90 is provided with a right angleextension 91', the upper end of which is bifurcated and straddles ashouldered portion of a screw 92 threaded into the plate 62, the screw92 being provided with a head 93.

i It will be apparent that the knife may be adjusted without any portionof the apparatus being disassembled by merely loosening the clampingscrew 85 and rotating the screw head 93 in the proper direction, thewedge 90 being moved laterally in the slot 87 ,toward the left andthereby moving the knife 84 downwardly. Upon the proper adjustment beinggiven to the knife 84 it is reclamped by the screw 85. The verticaladjustment of the forming die 83 upon the plate 64 during the adjustmentof the knife, as just described, is not disturbed due to it being held'in a fixed vertical position upon the plate by cooperating shoulderedsurfaces (not shown) formed upon the plate and die.

Pivotally attached to the upper face of the bolster plate 19 adjacentits rear edge (Fig. 4) is a safety lever 96 for preventlng the operationof the press before the rear vertical wall of the slide 21 has engagedthe stop plate 26 upon the movement of the slide to its operativeposition. An arm 97 of the lever 96 normally engages the trip rod 17directly under a lug 98 adjustably fixed to the rod 17 and is retainedin this 'position by the force of a tension spring 99, opposite ends ofwhich are attached to the bolster plate 19 and another arm 100 of thelever 96. The arm 100 is provided with an adjustable contact point inthe form of a screw'101 which normally lies in the path of the rearvertical wall of the slide 21. Upon a movement of the slide 21 from'itsnormal position to its operative position as shown in Figs. 4 and 6,respectively, it will be evident that the lever 96 will be rockedclockwise, the arm 97 thereof being moved from its operative positionwith respect to the trip rod 17 and lug 98 and thereby permitting theoperator to actuate the trip rod to cause the descent of the platen.

Secured to the bolster plate 19 as indicated at 104 is a stationaryperforated guard 105 which extendsalong the left and front sides of theworking area of the platen 15 and arranged to prevent injury to anoperators hands, sufficient clearance being provided between the slideand the mechanism carried thereby and the lower edge of the guard topermit the slide to be freely moved to its operative osition.

Attac 16d to the bolster plate 19 is a receptacle106 for storing asupply of tips to be secured to the conductor ends.

The operation of the hereinbefore described apparatus is as follows: InFig. 4 the apparatus is shown in its normal position or just after thecompletion of an operation and with the partially formed tips 38- shownin dotted outllne positioned in the pockets of the die 22, the left endsof the tips abutting the gauge pad 60 as hereinbefore described. Alsothe conductor ends of a telephone cord 37, shown in dotted outline, havebeen properly associated with the pins 36 fixed to the gauge plate 33and clipped between the resiliently mounted pins 44 as fully describedheretofore.

Starting at this position the operator grasps the handle bar 30 withboth hands and moves the slide 21 rearward until it engages the stopplate 26, which movement, as hereinbefore described, rocks the arm 97 ofthe safety lever 96 from under the lug 98 of the trip rod 17, therebypermitting the actuation of the press clutch (not shown) in a well knownmanner and causing the descent of the platen 15. In

the movement of the platen 15 the resilient pads 70 first engage theconductor ends. forcing the prongs 71 into engagement with the metalcores 73 thereof and thereafter hold the conductor ends. In the furtherdescent of the platen 15 the forming die 83 engages upturned portions107 of the tips 38 as indicated in dotted outline (Fig. 3) and wrapsthem tightly in the form of a cylinder around the conductor ends.Substantially at the same instant as the forming of the tips around theconductors the shearing knife 84 severs the excess conductor lengthsprojecting from the tips and clipped between the. pins 44,

thus completing the attaching of the tips 38 to the conductor ends ofthe telephone cord 37, the platen 15 thereafter ascending to its normalposition as shown in Fig. 1. The operator during the return of theplaten 15 to its normal position retracts the slide 21 to its normalposition (Fig. 4) and in so doing the ejector pins 50 in the mannerhereinbefore described through the cooperation of the depending cams 55carried by the slide and the stationary cam faces 57 are moved upwardlyand thus eject the severed conductor lengths from between the resilientpins 44. Suitable means (not shown) may be employed for removing thesevered conductor ends from the slide 21. Upon the removal by theoperator of the telephone cord with the attached tips and the reloadingof the slide, the operation of attaching tips is continued as justdescribed.

What is claimed is:

1. In an apparatus for assembling terminals on strands, a pair ofrelatively movable dies between which a partially formed terminal and alength of strand are positioned, pivotal pressure means associated withone of the dies for retaining the terminal and the length of strand in apredetermined assembled relation, and means for operating the dies tocomplete the forming of the terminal and attach it to the strand.

2. In an apparatus for assembling terminals on strands, a pair ofrelatively movable dies between which a partially formed terminal and alength of strand are positioned, pivotal resilient means operativelyassociated with one of the dies and with which the strand is gripped ina predetermined assembled relation with' the terminal, and means foroperating the dies to complete the forming of the terminal and attach itto the strand.

3. In an apparatus for assembling terminals on strands, a pairofrelatively movable dies between which a partially formed termi nal and alength of strand are positioned, pivotal resilient means operativelyassociated with one of the dies upon opposite sides thereof and betweenwhich the strand is gripped in a predetermined longitudinal and lateralassembled relation with the terminal, and means for operating the diesto complete the forming of the terminal and attach it to the strand.

4. In an apparatus for assembling terminals on strands, a pair ofrelatively movable dies between which a pair of partially formedterminals and a pair of separated strand lengths are positioned, meansincluding pivotal-pressure elements associated with one of the dies'forlongitudinally and laterally poposition of that portion of the strand tobe assembled with the terminals relative to each other for causing theterminals to be assembled along the strands with a predetermined spacedrelation, and means for operating the dies to attach the terminals tothe strands.

6. In an apparatus for assembling terminals on strands. a pair ofrelatively movable dies between which a pair of partially formedterminals and separated lengths of strand are positioned, gauge meansassociated with one of the dies around which one of the strands islooped for causing the terminals to be assembled along the strands witha predetermined spaced relation. and means for operating the dies toattach the terminals to the strands.

7. In an apparatus for assembling termi nals on strands, a pair ofrelatively movable dies between which a pair of partially formedterminals and separated lengths of strands are positioned, gauge meansassociated with one of the dies for determining the longitudinalposition of that portion of the strandsto' be assembled with theterminals relative to each other for causing the terminals to beassembled along the strands with a predetermined spaced relation,resilient means operatively associated with the latter die between whichthe strands are gripped in their gauged relation with the terminals, andmeans for operating the dies to attach the terminals to the strands.

8. In an apparatus for assembling terminals on strands. a pair ofrelatively movable dies between which a partially formed ter-v minal andan end of a strand are positioned, means including pivotal pressureelements associated with one of the dies for retaining is gripped in apredetermined longitudinal assembled relation with the terminal, an ex-7 cess length of the strand ex ending from the prongs, means associatedwithone ofthe dies terminal, means carried by the other die for severingthe free end of the strand, means for operating the dies to attachthe'terminal to the strand end and to actuate said severing means tosever the free end thereof, and means for automatically ejecting-thesevered free end of the strand from the resilient gripping means.

10. In an apparatus for assembling terminals on the ends of electricalconductors, a vertically movable die, a complementary die movable in ahorizontal direction into and out of operative relation therewith forsupporting a partially formed terminal and a length of conductor,pivotal ressure means carried by the last mentioned ie for grlp mg thestrand in a predetermined longitu inal assembled relation with theterminal, and means for operating the dies to complete the forming ofthe terminal and. attach it to the conductor. a

11. In an apparatus for assembling terminals on the ends of electricalconductors, a vertically reciprocal die, a complementary die reciprocalin a horizontal direction into and out of operative relation therewithfor supporting a pair of partially formed terminals and a pair ofseparated lengths of conductors, gauge means around which one of theconductors is looped associated with the latter die for determining thelongitudinal position of that portion of the con uctors to be assembledwith the terminals relative to each other for causing the terminals tovbe assembled alongthe conductors with a predetermined spaced relation,resilient means operatively associated with the latter die upon oppositesides thereof and between which the conductors are gripped in apredetermined longitudinal and lateral assembled relation with theterminals, means. carried by the first die for severing the free ends ofthe strands,

means for operating the dies to attach the terminals to the conductorends and for simultaneously actuating said severing means for severingthe free ends thereof, and means for' automatically ejecting the severedfree ends of the strands from the resilient gripping means upon returnof the dies to their normal position.

12. In an apparatus for assembling terminals on insulated electricalconductors, a pair of relatively movable dies between which a partiallyformed terminal and a length of conductor are positioned, the terminalbeing provided with a plurality of projecting for retaining the terminaland the length of conductor in a predetermined longitudinal and lateralassembled relation, means operatively associated with one of the diesfor cans ing the prongs to pierce the insulation of the conductor andengage the core thereof during the attaching of the terminal to theconductor,

and means for operating the dies to attach the terminal to theconductor.

13. In an apparatus for assembling terminals on a strand, a reciprocaldie, a complementary die movable into and out of operative relation withsaid reciprocal die for supporting a partially formed terminal and'alength of conductor in a predetermined lon tudlnal assembled relation, aplurality of p1votal and stationary elements associated with thecomplementary die for accurately deter-, mining the position of theconductor with respect to the terminal, and means for operating thereciprocal die to cause its cooperation with the complementary die tocomplete the forming of the terminal and attach it to the conductor. a

14. In an apparatus for assembling terminalson a strand, a reciprocaldie, a complementary die movable into and out of operative relationwithsaid reciprocal die for supporting a terminal and a length of conductorin a predetermined longitudinal assembled elements spaced at difi'erentpositions on the complementary die for accurately determin ing theposition of the conductor with respect to the terminal, and means foroperating the reciprocaldie to cause its cooperation with thecomplementary die to form the terminal and attach it to the conductor.

I 15. In anapparatus for assembling termi nals on a strand, a reciprocaldie, a complementary die reciprocal in a direction perpen- H dicular tothe reciprocal die into and out of operative relation therewith, thefirst mentioned die supporting a partially formed terminal and a lengthof strand, nivotal pressure means carried by the last mentioned die forgripping the strand in a predetermined assembled relation with theterminal, means for causing relative movement between the dies tocomplete the forming ofthe terminal and attaching it to the strand, andmeans for preventing relative movement between the dies until saidcomplementary die is in its extreme forward position. 16. In anapparatus for assembling terminals on strands, a pair of relativelymovable dies between which a partially formed terminal and a length ofstrand are positioned, a pair of spring actuated elements carried by oneof the dies at opposite points of the terminal for gripping the strandin a predetermined lateral assembled relation with the terminal, andmeans for operating-the dies to complete the forming of the terminal andat- AUGUST STANLEY LIS S.

